# List of shipwrecks in August 1823

The list of shipwrecks in August 1823 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1823.

## 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Concord | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Findhorn, Morayshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Findhorn. |

## 4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | United States | The schooner was wrecked on Little Bird Island Reef, off the coast of Antigua. |
| Speedwell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Cardigan Bay. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## 5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Santa Maria Magdalena | Spain | The ship was lost near Cádiz. She was on a voyage from A Coruña to Cádiz. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Iris | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cobler's Rock, Barbados. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara to London. |

## 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Combermere | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Nymph | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Falmouth, Cornwall. |

## 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Enterprize | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was beached at Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex, to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Henderson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland. She was refloated on 22 August. |
| Richard Harvey | United States | The schooner was lost in the Turks Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica. |

## 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Insand, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. |
| Lapwing | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Insand. |

## 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off "Skitter Ness" by Dorothy ( United Kingdom). |

## 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Parker and Sons | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Bahia Honda Key, Florida Territory. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, to the Clyde. |
| Swallow Packet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Ballast Bank, off Bangor, County Down, and was severely damaged. |
| Warrell | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. |

## 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George IV | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by the barque Hannah ( United Kingdom) with the loss of 123 of the 129 people on board. The survivors were rescued by Hannah. On 18 August, Hannah was abandoned, all on board were rescued by Ospra ( United States). George IV was on a voyage from Waterford to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. Hannah was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America, to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Mary | United States | The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. |
| Parker & Sons | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Honda Rock, in the Gulf of Florida and was beached. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, to the Clyde. |

## 16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caractacus | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. |
| Radius | United States | The ship sank in Prince's Dock, Liverpool and was severely hogged. |
| Success | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime to Abbeville, Somme, France. |

## 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clara | Stettin | The ship struck a sandbank off "Cape Tortosa" and sank. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, to Stettin. |

## 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Echo | United States | The schooner was damaged by fire at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom, with the loss of her captain. A crew member was severely injured. |
| Neutralist | Netherlands | The East Indiaman was wrecked at Gunwalloe, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, to a Norwegian port. |

## 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off The Skerries and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Dublin. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off the Smalls Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Betsey ( United Kingdom). |

## 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mariner | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America. She sank the next day. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hind | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a Revenue Cutter off Aberdeen and was beached. She was refloated the next day and found to be severely damaged. |
| Salamander | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off "Kole", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, to London. |

## 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached near Cabo Catoche, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Montego Bay, Jamaica. |
| Neptune | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Monkwich", Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Stettin. |

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Helsinki, Finland. All on board were rescued. |

## 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hadlow | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Sierra Leone for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ekenäs, Finland. All on board were rescued. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edward | United Kingdom | The brig was scuttled by her crew, who had murdered her captain. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to South America. |
| La Jeune Émilie | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, British North America, in early August. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The whaler was sighted off the coast of Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Vriendschap | Netherlands | The ship foundered on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to Antwerp. Her crew were rescued. |
| William Henry | United States | The schooner capsized neat the "Hole-in-the-Wall" in mid-August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Savannah, Georgia. |